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Hunter Biden charged with 9 tax fraud cases, possible 17 yr sentence

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 8 Dec 2023 11:08
3 Min Read

The new charges mean that Biden may obtain a possible 17-year sentence, as the indictment notes that over "$1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories” were spent.

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  • Hunter Biden walks with wife Melissa Cohen as they visit shops in Nantucket, Mass., Nov. 24, 2023. (AP)
    Hunter Biden walks with wife Melissa Cohen as they visit shops in Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 24, 2023. (AP)

US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has just been indicted for the second time after being indicted on nine tax fraud charges in California, following the federal firearms charges in Delaware which alleged that he unlawfully obtained a revolver in October 2018 after falsely stated he was not on narcotics.

The new charges entail that he may obtain a possible 17-year sentence if convicted.

The 56-page indictment stated, "The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019," adding that he "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills."

It noted that in 2018 only, "more than $1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories" were spent.

During his case on gun charges in Delaware, marking the first time a sitting US president’s child was subject to criminal prosecution, he pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer claimed that special counsel David Weiss was "bending to political pressure" by filing the case.

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Hunter would have been sentenced to two years of probation under the previous plea deal before it fell apart, as it was noted by prosecutors that his battle with addiction worsened following the death of his brother Beau in 2015.

Weiss was then appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in August in Delaware.

Weiss, who began his investigation in 2019, recently indicated that he was looking into Biden in other ways, and Garland stated that Weiss had requested a special counsel status in order to conduct his investigation more broadly.

The younger Biden is notorious for his involvement in numerous scandals, including substance abuse, commercial sex, and most importantly, high-level corruption. 

Republicans have opened an impeachment inquiry in Congress on what they claim is a Biden family criminal conspiracy. The US President, in response to multiple scandals, has reiterated his support for his son. 

On August 30, Viktor Shokin, the former Ukrainian prosecutor general, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News that he was dismissed by the Obama administration while investigating Burisma Holdings, the energy company on whose board Hunter served.

In an interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, Shokin said that he believes he was fired in 2016 because then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter were bribed.

Read more: Hunter Biden subpoenaed to testify in father's impeachment case

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